(A) Until a contract for water service has been executed and a meter has been installed, water shall not be turned on at any premises by anyone but a town water employee or authorized representative. No person except an authorized employee of the Town Water Department, Fire Department or any other person authorized by the town shall open, operate or remove the nozzle cap from any hydrant to which water is supplied by the town. It is a violation of both the town’s rules and regulations and this code for anyone except a Water Department employee or authorized representative to make a water turn-on.
(B) In order to determine that no open spigot or fault exists in the plumbing, a representative of the builder must be on hand at the site of the building before water will be turned on by town personnel. When additional visits must be made to turn on the service, an addition charge will be made.
(C) When water service is to be transferred and the meter has been left in for the convenience of the town, the service will be shut off at the curb stop located at the property line. If for some reason this is not possible, the valve ahead of the meter located inside the premises will be shut off and sealed. Only a representative of the town is allowed to break this seal and turn the water on.
(D) The customer must notify the town when the billing is to be transferred to a new customer, otherwise, the original customer will be billed until such record of transfer is made available to the town.
(E) Regarding yard sprinkling service, property owners shall be automatically billed a minimum water bill plus all water used commencing with the June 1 bill and ending with the September 1 billing each year. Any amount of water used after the period billed on September 1 each year shall be billed on the June 1 bill the following year.
(Prior Code, § 104.12) (Ord. 14-2021, passed 9-27-2021) Penalty, see § 52.999